Vietnamese community in Ukraine unruffled by tension escalation

A market in the center of Odessa, Ukraine, on Feb. 15, 2022. Photo courtesy of Nguyen Duc Huy

The Vietnamese community in Ukraine is not too flustered by Western media reports on the "escalating" Ukraine-Russia conflict; they remain confident there’ll be no war.

Nguyen Duc Huy, 53, a resident of the southwestern seaport province of Odessa, said he wasn’t surprised on learning that Russia would withdraw some of its troops along the Ukrainian border after completing its military exercise.

"I would be lying if I said I’m not worried," said Huy, who is married to a Ukrainian woman and has been living in the country for 27 years. "Yet, the situation here isn’t as intense as Western media portrays it to be."

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